Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-10-13
THE NEWS.

The second gas well sunk at Lancas-
ter. Ohio, is great success.
Cholera is playing havoc among the
hogs of champaign county.
Jas. Soutnerland, a deaf mute, was
struck and killed by train near Del
phos, D.
The Republicans of Sandusky county
nominated Joseph Hague for State Rep
resentatiye.
Charles A. Collins & Son, we'll known
carriage manufacturers of Akron, O.,
have assigned.
General Pitcairn Morrison, retired
officer of the U. 5. Army. died last week
at Baltimore, Md, aged 80.
John Jones shot and killed himself at
Fort Wayne, Ind. after an unsuccessful
attempt to murder his wife.
The counsel for the Chicago Anarch
lists expect to get the case before the U.
S. supreme court this week.
Chicago is about to construct water
tunnel four miles long. eight feet in di-
ameter, TO cost about 100000.
The Knights of Labor, of Maryland
are making an organized fight against
the Democratic candidate for Governor.
Charles Milton Hendley, one of Presi.
dent Clevelands clerks. was maTrIed 10
Miss Bessie Robinson, of New York
City.
A boiler in the saw-mill of David
Young, near Amanda, ., exploded last
week, aud George anu Perry Lape and
Anus Young were killed.
Mrs. Wardwell and Miss Minnie Jes-
ter, Of FairmOunt, Ind-. put the quiet
US ou ii couple OF "maShers" 10y dosing
them with cayeuue pepper.
The barn OF Samuel Brandeherry and
residence and barn OF Mrs E. rurIey,
near Fosturla, o., were burned uy d
spark IRON Il tnreshlng machine engine.
NJ. w. Benton Crisp, President OF the
Baltimore Democratic CLUB. has reslSn-
ed, aud in u letter bitterly denounces
TIE Corrupt methods of the party IN tnat
city.
John Kemper was fatally injured in a
railway wreck al Denver, Col, and be-
fure dying confessed 10 having murder
ed his father in Cincinnati about two
years ago.
Four hundred thousand acres of land
in Sndrkey. Isdquena and Washington
counties Mississippi, are about to be
placed on the market 10y a New York
syndicate.
Grant Houston, brakeman on fast
mail train. while waving his handker-
chief at his sweetheart at Straughn's
Station, Ind, was struck on the head by
an iron crane alongside the track and
fatally hurt.
The propeller California. from Chics-
go for Montreal, loaded with twenty
Thousand bushels of corn and nine hun
dred barrels of pork, went to pieces in u
heavy sea- Fourteen of the crew and
passengers are missing.
James E. McKeever, Democratic CAM
didate for Representative in ClermOnt
equity. has withdrawn at the request
OF the Executive Committee, and Colon
ell William Howard was selected TO fill
the vacancy on the ticket.
The forthcoming report or the udge
Advocate General of the Army will
contain statistics to prove the assertion
that intemperance in that organization
is on the decrease. reform that has
been especially noticeable during the
past year.
James E. MeKeever. Democratic nom-
inee in ClermOnt county for State Rep
resentative. is charged by Mrs. Reed, of
Williamsburg, with indecent assault.
He does not deny the charge. The
Democratic Executive committee is con-
sidering his removal from the ticket.
A gang of negro desperadoes seized
passenger train one day last week while
moving through secluded portion of
Pleasant county Pa, at slow rate OF
speed. robbed the passengers, took pos
session of the engine and amused them
selves by running the train back and
forth on the road for hours.
FoR lame back, side or chest, use Shloh's
Porous Plasters; price 25c. At Pattersons'